Comments on: Back to Planning on Paper

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:21:59 +0000

Well, I keep the small notebook I have in my jacket pocket. It may not hold as much, but I still can’t justify buying a palm. I’d rather buy a house, first, and until then I’d rather save my money.

By: FMF

FMF — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:17:05 +0000

You can also put a Palm in your pocket. Hard to do with a notebook.

Also, a Palm can store waaaay more stuff (plus it can hold games!)

By: jim

jim — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:52:58 +0000

Yeah, I burn hundred dollar bills just to watch Franklin dance.

By: nickel

nickel — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:59:08 +0000

True, but jim’s wealthy.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:43:18 +0000

But if it is electronic then it costs more than an 80 cent notebook and a 20 cent mechanical pencil…

By: jim

jim — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:11:55 +0000

But if it’s electronic you can search it and sort it and do all sorts of cool stuff with it!

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:20:35 +0000

Well, I have started carrying an 80 cent spiral bound 3″x5″ 75 sheet notebook with me everywhere I go and jotting down notes and grocery lists and the like in. I have a slightly larger notebook that I use for a weight lifting log which also winds up getting notes in it. I have another small one for when this one fills up already waiting.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:19:44 +0000

That’s one reason why I want a PDA, to write notes to myself which currently consists of a pen and old receipts in my pocket. One of these days…

By: FMF

FMF — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:21:14 +0000

Yes, you, Blaine.

By: FMF

FMF — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:20:38 +0000

I learned one rule of a great planner when I was at P&G: carry it everywhere you go. I take my Palm everywhere — to church (for notes, plus it contains my Bible), to the store (shopping lists), to doctor’s appointments (get things done while waiting), and on and on. It makes my life much more productive and I rarely forget anything (it’s written down) and since it’s small, it’s easy to use.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:06:16 +0000

Comment fiend? Me? I refuse to believe it.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:03:57 +0000

Everytime I see an Axim or a Palm TX or whatever, I want one. Then I realize I can’t take it into work and I really honestly don’t have a concrete reason for having one.

I want one but I just can’t justify it.

BTW, Blaine Moore and FMF are freaking comment FIENDS.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:23:34 +0000

I can’t justify the expense of a PDA, so I haven’t bought one yet.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:11:04 +0000

I made the same move. After years of use, I concluded that neither Palm nor Windows CE is able to compete with the features of my paper system. Now I only use the handheld for contacts (and the occasional game) that I synch with my address book on the PC.

By: FMF

FMF — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:25:11 +0000

Oh…no…really? You’re going back to the ’80’s? I would run into a BURNING BUILDING for my Palm.